Police are hunting a hit-and-run driver who reportedly “chased a teen cyclist through three roads” before “deliberately” mounting the curb and hitting him.

The college student, who we are not naming, was “left for dead” after the shocking incident in St Laurence Road, in Northfield, at 1.45am on September 23.

Medics have told the 17 year old’s mother that he only survived the horrific attack because he was struck on boggy grass and not on the road.

The teen's injuries

Now the victim’s mother, who had been walking with her son just minutes before, has called for help in catching the driver.

The teenager managed to call emergency services himself after being hit and the lights and sirens alerted a homeowner who managed to track down his mother.

She said: “We had been celebrating my daughter’s birthday and had just walked back from my sister’s house. My son was on his bike and said he wanted to speak to his friend who was at the end of the road. I told him to be five minutes because it was late.

The scene in St Lawrence Road in Northfield

“The next thing I knew somebody was knocking my door and telling me that he had been hit by a car.”

The victim claims he had been chased along three roads by a car driver who had mounted the pavement twice and had driven over the teenager and left him for dead.

Luckily he did not receive life threatening injuries, but has since had surgery for a broken and displaced collar bone.

The victim’s mother said: “He has since told us that a car had pulled up alongside him. He was on his phone to his friend at the time and the driver said something, which he didn’t hear, but he decided to ride off.

“The car followed him and mounted the kerb in the next street.

“He thought he had got away on St Laurence Road but as he was driving on grass, the car mounted the kerb for a second time, knocked him off the bike and drove over him.

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The victim has since undergone surgery for his broken collar bone. He also suffered cuts and was even left with a tyre mark on his body.

In appealing for witnesses his mom added: “I just want people to come forward with information. It’s a miracle he wasn’t killed. The person’s car would have probably suffered some kind of damage and I’m sure someone will know who did this.

“The medical staff said if he had been driven over on the road, and not on grass that was boggy because of the rain, he would have been killed.

“I hope somebody will have CCTV, or may have seen the car in the lead up to what happened.

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A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “It’s believed the car, a blue Renault Clio, drove at the teen deliberately.

“The 17-year-old was taken to hospital with injuries including broken bones and cuts. He is now back home and is expected to make a full recovery.

“Police are trying to trace the vehicle and people involved. If you saw anything, have any information or live in the area in and around St Laurence Road and may have CCTV images, contact West Midlands Police quoting crime number 20BW/202870P/17.”

Anyone with information can also call the Crimestoppers charity, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.